76 Pubs and Bars found in or around Museum of London

The Hand & Shears is a great little pub, which, despite it's diminutive proportions, is still divided up into public, private and saloon bars - a real rarity these days. It hasn't changed in years, decades even, though we...

Now part of the reinstated Taylor Walker chain, we've known The Raglan for a long time. The Tardis-like interior opens up as you enter the pub, seemingly much larger on the inside than out. There's a decent enough range of real...

Done up (since the Old Monk showed up next door) to try and compete and so much more popular with the lady suits now. It's a Fullers so the food is good but you can't help feeling that the interior design ideas of the Fine Line...

There must be something of a recovery going on, because the Wood Street Bar and restaurant is another abandoned pub rescued recently. The Old Crowders Well, the previous incarnation, was a bit of an oddity - an...

Not a great deal has changed during the makeover of this vast, split-level pub. Now part of the Barracuda chain, the only really noticeable difference is the introduction of plasma screen TVs above the bar so that Cittee folk...

An old favourite in Smithfield, this one has stayed pretty constant for the last few years. Located practically next to St Bartholomew's Hospital and St Bartholomew the Grand (one of the churches from Four Weddings and a...

Having become a bit of a landmark in the Smithfield area, this is still one of those places where it's more about image than experience. The food and drink is nothing special, although it's presented competently enough and the...

Apart from one disastrous incarnation (as the Long Lane) we've long been fans of the the Old Red Cow, it's a handsome, quirky, old building that's always had a cheery aspect to it. And we're in illustrious company as it was...

Any traces of the New Market are now firmly gone - good. 26 Smithfield is now an uber-trendy bar with regular live music and a decent menu on offer. Last time we were in it was a little early and a bit quiet while that night's...

Replacing the genial old dump that was the Master Gunner, the Paternoster has settled in as a modern, comfortable bar in keeping with the 21st century recreation of the whole Paternoster Square area. Young's were right not to...

There's so much redevelopment going on in these parts, that the City Pipe, despite having only been in this particular location for around eight years, seems pretty much to be a permanent a fixture nowadays, an island of...

An old, early-opening pub in the heart of Smithfield meat market, The Hope has serviced the traders here for many a year. Still retaining a few of its original features, the well-kept beer and genial bar staff make this a good...

The Viaduct has been a Fuller's pub for a couple of years now, but to be honest you don't really come here for the beer (even though it's good), but to take in the Victorian interior. Built on the site of an <a...

When the Three Compasses pub changed hands a few years ago, this pub improved dramatically. There's still a Thai restaurant upstairs, but the downstairs has kept the standards up for a while now and it's good to see things...